Chapter 12

In an instant, countless profound talismanic seals appeared.

Heavenly Dao Power flowed through them, as though foretelling fate.

There was no avoiding it, no escaping it.

After a brief deduction, Lin Fan suddenly saw the light.

This was the Heavenly Dao Imprint!

The Hongmeng Purple Qi truly did hide another mystery.

That old fox Hongjun.

He had deliberately bestowed this thing upon Sister, his motives unfathomable.

Lin Fan gave a cold snort, brought out the Primordial Pearl, and smashed it down fiercely. The Hongmeng Purple Qi collapsed, mark after mark shattering as its source was completely revealed.

His Spiritual Platform bloomed with dazzling radiance, and he began comprehending the source.

Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully analyzing the source of Hongmeng Purple Qi and comprehending the Hunyuan-level divine ability—Purple Extreme Divine Light.

Obtained top-grade Acquired Spiritual Root—Heavenly Thunder Divine Tree.

Lin Fan opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

He stepped into the void and flicked a finger.

A blazing purple light swept out, like a heavenly sword cleaving down, tearing the firmament apart.

Space collapsed, and countless small worlds were annihilated.

"Its might is comparable to the Great Star Arts. Excellent."

Lin Fan was quite satisfied with this divine ability.

The Great Star Arts could draw upon the power of the Stars of the Heavens, transforming it into formations against enemies, endlessly renewing itself.

As for the Purple Extreme Divine Light, its explosive power was astonishing. Each had its own strengths.

Lin Fan walked outside the hall.

He took out all manner of spiritual roots and swept his sleeve, scattering them forth.

In an instant, rosy light filled the sky, and the spiritual roots landed one after another, taking root in the earth.

Star Spirit Grass, Skyfire Divine Tree, Phoenix Feather Immortal Flower, ** flower, Heavenly Thunder Divine Tree—

Every spiritual root stood a hundred zhang tall, their branches and leaves like canopies.

He swept his sleeve again, and Creation Spiritual Breath poured down like rain.

The branches and leaves of the spiritual roots trembled lightly, bursting with vitality.

Their life sources gradually grew stronger.

Immortal spiritual qi pervaded outward, like smoke and mist, and the density of spiritual qi across the entire Shouyang Mountain suddenly increased by more than half.

Lin Fan lightly stroked the crimson leaves of the divine tree, a smile at the corners of his lips: It's growing very well.

The Skyfire Divine Tree actually seemed to possess spirit, its branches trembling lightly as they brushed against his arm, like a young child acting spoiled before its mother. Such closeness was truly rare.

Nourished by that thriving source aura of life, the many spiritual plants stretched out their branches and leaves, as though bathing in the grace of a creator god.

Stepping into the hall, Lin Fan closed his eyes and focused. The ** of the Primordial Great Dao True Explanation slowly unfolded within his sea of consciousness.

The path of formations was vast and boundless, secretly containing the supreme principles of heaven and earth. At this moment, countless Dao patterns interwove into a boundless star map, transforming into a mysterious universe.

His divine sense strolled within it. This universe was endless and limitless, bearing ancient time and space. If an ordinary cultivator were to recklessly probe inside, their Primordial Spirit would be crushed to pieces by the torrent of time in an instant.

Yet the radiance of wisdom protected him, and no turbulence of time and space could invade. The complex Dao principles were peeled apart layer by layer, revealing their essence.

Suddenly, his Spiritual Platform became clear and bright.

Ding! The host has understood the true meaning of the Dao of formations and gained insight into the profound meaning of the three thousand laws. The so-called three thousand is in truth a metaphor for the boundlessness of the Great Dao.

Lin Fan opened his eyes, only to see law imprints lingering around his Primordial Spirit. These Dao seeds interwove and combined, able to evolve the mysteries of myriad formations.

During his comprehension, his divine sense had also become increasingly condensed, several times stronger than before.

He lightly spread his five fingers, and five-colored spiritual pearls appeared in his palm. His divine will sank into them, and the source of their restrictions appeared before him with perfect clarity.

In but a moment, spiritual light suddenly emerged:

The host has completely refined the restrictions of the Water Spirit Pearl, integrated the true explanation of the Dao of formations, and comprehended the superior Innate Grand Formation—Innate Kui Water Formation.

This formation seems to have its wonders. Lin Fan ended his cultivation and rose, bright light flowing in his eyes.

Lin Fan lightly raised one hand, and in an instant, water elements throughout the sky answered his call and arrived.

A vast curtain of water spread across the heavens, arranging and circulating according to a profound formation stance, like the Nine Heavens' star river pouring down, enveloping the entire Shouyang Mountain until it was as solid as golden soup.

He flicked a finger, and a sharp divine light streaked across the sky. Fine ripples rose across the surface of the Kui Water Grand Formation, then returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

The Innate Kui Water Formation truly had outstanding defensive qualities.

His gaze turned toward the other four spiritual pearls, and Lin Fan once again immersed himself in comprehension. Under the tempering of the Five Elements source, his spirit and soul power were growing at an astonishing speed.

The host has completely refined the restrictions of the Fire Spirit Pearl, understood the true meaning of its source, fused it with the essence of the Dao of formations, and comprehended the superior Innate Grand Formation—Innate Li Fire Grand Formation.

The host has thoroughly grasped the mysteries of the Earth Spirit Pearl, seen through the profound secrets of its source, combined them with the supreme principles of formations, and comprehended the superior Innate Grand Formation—Innate Wu Earth Grand Formation.

The host has discerned the true essence of the Metal Spirit Pearl, integrated the essentials of formation Dao, and comprehended the high-grade Innate Grand Formation—the Innate Geng Metal Grand Formation.

The host has ** the mysteries of the Wood Spirit Pearl, penetrated the Source Law, and gained enlightenment of the high-grade Innate Grand Formation—the Innate Yi Wood Grand Formation.

Obtained the supreme-grade Acquired Spiritual Root, the Five Elements Divine Tree.

Waking from that profound epiphany, Lin Fan's control over the Power of Five Elements had reached a state of perfect harmony and effortless command. Though the five great innate formations each had their own wondrous uses, in the end they were only of the high-grade tier.

His brows drew together slightly. Vaguely, he felt something was still lacking.

A bold idea suddenly surfaced: could these five formations be combined into one?

Once the thought arose, it could no longer be calmed. Taking the laws of formation Dao as his foundation, Lin Fan began deducing the source true meanings of the five great formations, attempting to make the Power of Five Elements generate and cycle through one another, forming a dynamic balance.

At first, he suffered backlash again and again; the Five Elements repelled one another and were difficult to harmonize. After countless attempts, he finally seized the crucial opportunity.

The host has successfully analyzed the source of the five formations, integrated them through the laws of formation Dao, and comprehended the top-tier Innate Grand Formation—the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation.

Obtained Three Lights Divine Water.

Lin Fan was beside himself with joy and immediately began verifying the might of this formation.

He reached out and pointed into the void.

Ripples spread through space, and node after node emerged.

Five kinds of elemental power rapidly gathered under the formation rules.

In the blink of an eye, a complete top-tier Innate Grand Formation had taken shape outside Shouyang Mountain.

Lin Fan activated the Sacred Emperor Golden Body Technique and threw a punch through the air, shaking heaven and earth, yet the grand formation did not budge in the slightest.

The smile on his face deepened.

The defense of a top-tier Innate Grand Formation truly lived up to its name; ordinary formations could hardly compare.

Lin Fan sank his mind into his Spiritual Platform and gazed at the Three Lights Divine Water. With a slight shift of thought, a glazed bottle appeared in his palm.

Inside the bottle, colorless liquid surged with vast healing power.

He used the Void-Piercing Divine Eyes and instantly saw through its source—the divine water was divided into three streams, each containing ultimate destructive power:

Sunlight Divine Water corroded bones and melted flesh, Moonlight Divine Water annihilated the divine soul, and Starlight Divine Water devoured spiritual consciousness.

Yet when the three merged, they reversed cause and effect, transforming into the strongest healing sacred medicine in the Primordial World, able to cure a hundred poisons and heal ten thousand wounds. Even if only one breath remained, one could recover in an instant.

Though its source was entirely different from his Creation Spiritual Breath, its effects were astonishingly identical.

Only when his divine sense probed into the bottle did he realize that this tiny vessel actually contained a lake-like vastness of Three Lights Divine Water.

Lin Fan walked out of the hall and sprinkled the divine water toward the Acquired Spiritual Roots.

Amid the rustling tremors of branches and leaves, the spiritual roots swelled and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a thousand years, their scale doubled, lush and verdant enough to blot out the sun.

The concentration of spiritual energy on Shouyang Mountain soared severalfold, and the human race cultivating here advanced at astonishing speed.

Everywhere on Shouyang Mountain, vitality flourished, and prosperity filled the eye.

After Lin Fan inspected his clansmen, he immediately set about refining that strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi.

With a turn of his thoughts, the two supreme Dao scriptures within his body began revolving on their own. In an instant, magic power as vast as a galaxy surged forth, racing along the meridians throughout his body. Under the guidance of his divine sense, that strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi transformed into countless purple Dao rhymes and merged into his sea of consciousness, meridians, and every part of his Spiritual Platform.

Lin Fan's Source Power was undergoing an astonishing transformation.

The two Dao scriptures continuously evolved the mysteries of the Great Dao.

At this moment, winds and clouds suddenly changed above the summit of Shouyang Mountain, and amid the interweaving thunder, they actually turned into golden dragon shadows. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within hundreds of millions of li surged toward the mountain peak like a tide.

This terrifying phenomenon made the clansmen in the mountain tremble uncontrollably.

Within Lin Fan's body, the three thousand laws gradually manifested and took form, finally condensing into golden Dao fruits that seemed almost tangible. As spiritual energy poured into his body like the Heavenly River spilling down, these Dao fruits began evolving at tremendous speed.

In only a short while, the violent vortex of spiritual energy returned to calm—

Late-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, achieved!

In an instant, vast Creation Qi burst from around Lin Fan's body. The power of the three thousand Dao fruits shot into the heavens, transforming into a sky full of spiritual rain that fell over the whole of Shouyang Mountain.

The human race and all plants and trees were fully bathed in this wondrous radiance. Immortal grasses grew wildly, and low-grade Acquired Spiritual Roots swayed as purple Dao charm bloomed from them, advancing to mid-grade in the blink of an eye. The clansmen were even more thoroughly remade, their ears clear and eyes bright, their spiritual realms completely renewed.

The Holy Venerable is benevolent and virtuous!

Mountain-shaking cries echoed among the peaks.

At this moment, inside Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa slowly opened her eyes.

After swallowing three Chaos Spirit Fruits, Lin Fan smoothly comprehended the Great Dao of Stars, and his realm climbed rapidly, reaching the perfected third level of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Such progress was truly rare.

The path of cultivation was perilous with every step.

The Hunyuan realm was even more so.

Nuwa's divine sense swept through Wa Huang Palace, and sure enough, that familiar figure was nowhere to be seen.

That little brat had slipped out again.

Fortunately, in the span of an instant, she caught the spiritual-energy fluctuations from Shouyang Mountain.

That little bastard still dared to run around! Nuwa teleported to the grassy lawn atop the mountain.

She saw Lin Fan sprawled flat on his back, gnawing on a spiritual fruit and basking in the sun. Ziyi Shi was leading two maids in giving him a vigorous massage.

"Is the Holy Venerable comfortable?"

"Clumsy hands and feet! Lower..."

"Hiss—Not bad. You're improving."

The three women stared at Lin Fan's plump little face and kept swallowing their saliva.

"Lin! Fan!"

Ziyi Shi and the others were so frightened their knees went weak. "Greetings, Empress!"

"Withdraw." Nuwa waved her hand with the bearing of a saint.

Once they had gone far away, she pounced like a tiger and pinched her younger brother's cheeks. "You've learned to act first and report later?"

"This was me barging out in the open." Lin Fan spoke indistinctly around the fruit pit in his mouth.

"This is for you."

"Lin Fan, you dare talk back now? Tell me, will you dare do it again?"

Nuwa pulled Lin Fan into her arms and tightened her grip with force.

Lin Fan held on stubbornly and said, "I know I was wrong, but I'll still dare next time."

Nuwa increased her strength. "Do you submit?"

After she asked three times in a row, Lin Fan admitted defeat. "I submit, I submit."

He raised his hands in surrender, and only then was Nuwa satisfied.

Pinching Lin Fan's face, Nuwa suddenly discovered, "You broke through again?"

The Dao aura around him was deep and profound, his spiritual charm even denser, and his figure had grown a little larger too.

"Your origin also transformed? How did you do it?"

Nuwa was both shocked and gratified.

Leaning against Nuwa's leg, Lin Fan explained, "I used that strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi you gave me."

Only then did Nuwa understand the reason. Although directly refining the Purple Qi was extravagant, as long as it benefited Lin Fan, she felt no pity.

Nuwa looked around and discovered that Shouyang Mountain was already very different from in former years.

This mountain peak, originally ordinary, was now covered in all kinds of postnatal spiritual plants, and the density of spiritual energy had increased severalfold.

In such an environment, the Human Race had changed especially dramatically. Many mortals of ordinary talent had actually stepped onto the Immortal Path one after another, and the entire race was brimming with vitality.

Nuwa felt comforted. All of this was Lin Fan's achievement.

The surprises this younger brother brought her were truly too many to count.

"Is this truly the Human Ancestral Land, Shouyang Mountain? How could it be so flourishing?"

Hongyun, who was passing by outside the mountain, stopped in his tracks and exclaimed in wonder.

In his understanding, the Human Race had always been weak and found it difficult to cultivate the Great Dao. In the Primordial World, they were bullied on all sides and repeatedly slaughtered by the Demon Race.

In former years, he had once rescued a Human Tribe being hunted by the Demon Race, and he knew well how hard their survival was.

Unexpectedly, in a short few thousand years, the Human Race Destiny had already become this vast and majestic.

Harboring doubts, Hongyun stepped into the mountain. What he saw along the way shocked him even more—many with ** bones and roots had all become immortals, and the ** they cultivated encompassed all things, almost covering every Dao path.

When he reached a certain spot on the mountaintop, Hongyun abruptly stopped.

He saw Nuwa playing with a child on the grass, her smile as radiant as a young girl's. The lively, carefree appearance this saint revealed at this moment left Hongyun dumbstruck.

Sensing a visitor, Nuwa instantly recovered her solemn saintly bearing.

"So it is Daoist Friend Hongyun. How do you have the leisure to come here for a tour?"

"Greetings, Saint." Hongyun hurriedly bowed. "I was wandering the clouds and happened to pass this treasured land. Seeing its destiny soaring into the heavens and its scene so extraordinary, I came specially to investigate."

When Hongyun, an old friend from Purple Cloud Palace, came visiting, Nuwa withdrew her saintly majesty. As the two ancient mighty beings exchanged pleasantries, Hongyun's gaze was suddenly drawn to Lin Fan.

"Who is this Daoist Friend?"

"My younger brother, Lin Fan."

Hongyun marveled inwardly—when had Nuwa gained a biological brother? The Dao aura lingering around that youth was something even he could not see through.

After the guest left, Lin Fan gazed at Hongyun's departing back and sighed softly. "Such a kind-browed, benevolent-eyed senior, and yet..." His fingers unconsciously fiddled with his sleeve cuff.